ATTENTION: WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVING MONDAY AND THURSDAY AUCTIONS. WE HAVE HAY FOR SALE PRIVATE TREATY ON OUR WEBSITE. PLEASE CHECK OUT THE "HAY FOR SALE" TAB AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE. Rock Valley Hay Auction has been selling hay and straw for over 70 years. We sell on average 4500 loads annually. Let our experience in hay and straw marketing work for you.
Auctions are Monday & Thursday @ 12:30p.m. Monday auctions are held November through April in addition to the year round Thursday sale.
Contact our office if interested or have any questions at 712-476-5541.
Thursday January 16, 2020
55 Loads
Today’s sale brought a lighter buyer attendance with a lower market for alfalfa and grass. The quality of hay was average and cornstalks sold stronger.
** The Indians asked their Chief in Autumn if the Winter was going to be cold or not. Not really knowing an answer, the chief replies that the Winter was going to be cold with lots of snow and that the members of the village were to collect wood to be prepared. Being a good leader, he then went to the next phone booth and called the National Weather Service and asked, “Is this winter to be cold?” The man on the phone responded, “This Winter is going to be quite cold indeed.” So the Chief went back to speed up his people to collect even more wood to be prepared. A week later he called the National Weather Service again, “Is it going to be a very cold winter?” “Yes,” the man replied, “It’s going to be a very cold winter.” So the Chief goes back to his people and orders them to go and find every scrap of wood they can find. Two weeks later he calls the National Weather Service again: “Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?” “Absolutely,” the man replies, “The Indians are collecting wood like crazy!”
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SIZE LBS $/TON
3x4 45460 82.50
lgrd 43640 110.00
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SIZE LBS $/TON
lgrd 35480 82.50
lgrd 40340 82.50
lgrd 35480 80.00
lgrd 49800 75.00
MIXED (ALFALFA/GRASS)-2
SIZE LBS $/TON CUT
lgrd 40300 155.00
smsq 5770 200.00
** The Indians asked their Chief in Autumn if the Winter was going to be cold or not. Not really knowing an answer, the chief replies that the Winter was going to be cold with lots of snow and that the members of the village were to collect wood to be prepared. Being a good leader, he then went to the next phone booth and called the National Weather Service and asked, “Is this winter to be cold?” The man on the phone responded, “This Winter is going to be quite cold indeed.” So the Chief went back to speed up his people to collect even more wood to be prepared. A week later he called the National Weather Service again, “Is it going to be a very cold winter?” “Yes,” the man replied, “It’s going to be a very cold winter.” So the Chief goes back to his people and orders them to go and find every scrap of wood they can find. Two weeks later he calls the National Weather Service again: “Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?” “Absolutely,” the man replies, “The Indians are collecting wood like crazy!”
Posted: January 20, 2020 by Manager1
Thursday January 16, 2020
55 Loads
Today’s sale brought a lighter buyer attendance with the market being lower on alfalfa and grass. The quality of hay was average and cornstalks sold stronger.
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SIZE LBS $/TON CUT
3x3 46800 155.00 4th
3x3 41340 132.50 3rd
3x3 17320 130.00 2nd
lgrd 57360 215.00 4th
lgrd 48990 175.00 2nd
lgrd 21960 160.00 5th
lgrd 46890 140.00 2nd
lgrd 53660 137.50 3rd
lgrd 44020 135.00
lgrd 44100 130.00 2nd
lgrd 49400 130.00 3rd
lgrd 52160 130.00 2nd
lgrd 51200 127.50 3rd
lgrd 49400 117.50 2nd
lgrd 48660 115.00 2nd
lgrd 44940 115.00 1st
lgrd 41800 112.50 1st
lgrd 46640 112.50
lgrd 49360 112.50
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SIZE LBS $/TON CUT
3x4 55240 125.00
lgrd 51780 145.00
lgrd 23260 125.00
lgrd 49160 122.50
lgrd 46520 122.50
lgrd 41380 122.50
lgrd 43840 120.00
lgrd 47980 120.00
lgrd 52600 120.00
lgrd 44420 117.50
lgrd 47420 117.50
lgrd 46320 115.00
lgrd 31940 112.60
lgrd 52080 112.50
lgrd 48740 112.50
lgrd 48260 112.50
lgrd 41140 112.00
lgrd 50320 110.00
lgrd 48540 110.00
lgrd 41780 107.50
lgrd 18100 105.00
lgrd 58320 102.50
lgrd 14560 102.50
lgrd 53700 102.50
lgrd 17540 100.00
lgrd 52020 87.50
lgrd 47260 85.00
lgrd 44920 70.00
** The Indians asked their Chief in Autumn if the Winter was going to be cold or not. Not really knowing an answer, the chief replies that the Winter was going to be cold with lots of snow and that the members of the village were to collect wood to be prepared. Being a good leader, he then went to the next phone booth and called the National Weather Service and asked, “Is this winter to be cold?” The man on the phone responded, “This Winter is going to be quite cold indeed.” So the Chief went back to speed up his people to collect even more wood to be prepared. A week later he called the National Weather Service again, “Is it going to be a very cold winter?” “Yes,” the man replied, “It’s going to be a very cold winter.” So the Chief goes back to his people and orders them to go and find every scrap of wood they can find. Two weeks later he calls the National Weather Service again: “Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?” “Absolutely,” the man replies, “The Indians are collecting wood like crazy!”
Posted: January 16, 2020 by Manager1
Monday January 13, 2020
21 Loads
Today’s sale brought a smaller run. Market was on a light test, a little stronger more on grass than on alfalfa, with quality that varied and was generally lacking. ** If you are no longer receiving our newsletter via email, please check your spam folder. We are working to try to resolve this issue.
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SIZE LBS $/TON
3x4 52980 60.00 TOPS
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SIZE LBS $/TON
lgrd 44740 72.50
lgrd 47740 70.00
MIXED (ALFALFA/GRASS)-1
SIZE LBS $/TON CUT
lgrd 18980 65.00
** A police officer in a small town stopped a motorist who was speeding down Main Street.
“But officer,” the man began, “I can explain.”
“Just be quiet” snapped the officer. “I’m going to let you cool your heels in jail until the chief gets back.”
“But officer, I just wanted to say…”
“And I said to keep quiet! You’re going to jail!”
A few hours later the officer looked in on his prisoner and said, “Lucky for you that the chief’s at his daughter’s wedding. He’ll be in a good mood when he gets back.”
“Don’t count on it,” answered the fellow in the cell. “I’m the groom.”
Posted: January 14, 2020 by Manager1
Monday January 13, 2020
21Loads
Today’s sale brought a smaller run. Market was on a light test, a little stronger more on grass than on alfalfa, with quality that varied and was generally lacking. ** If you are no longer receiving our newsletter via email, please check your spam folder. We are working to try to resolve this issue.
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SIZE LBS $/TON CUT
lgrd 53740 160.00 2nd
lgrd 49680 145.00 3rd
lgrd 53950 135.00 1st
lgrd 40740 130.00
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SIZE LBS $/TON CUT
lgrd 1300 135.00
lgrd 49840 135.00
lgrd 41600 132.50
lgrd 52520 132.50
lgrd 49760 132.50
lgrd 46240 132.50
lgrd 40720 132.50
lgrd 47240 130.00
lgrd 51860 122.50
lgrd 48120 112.50
lgrd 36890 92.50
lgrd 44880 80.00
lgrd 37800 40.00
** Winters are fierce in Minnesota where he lives, so the owner of a construction project felt he was doing a good deed when he bought earmuffs for his foreman. Noticing, however, that the foreman wasn’t wearing the earmuffs even on the coldest snowy day, the project manager asked, “Didn’t you like the earmuffs?” The foreman said, “They’re a thing of beauty.” “Why don’t you wear them?” The project manager said. The foreman explained, “I was wearing them the first day, and somebody offered to buy me lunch, but I didn’t hear him! Never again!”
Posted: January 13, 2020 by Manager1
